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Agnes was a daughter of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, and his first wife, Christine of Saxony. She married Maurice, Duke (and later Elector) of Saxony, on 9 January 1541. From this marriage, she had two children: Anna of Saxony (23 December 1544 – 18 December 1577) and Albert (28 November 1545 – 12 April 1546).
Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) is a non-profit, professional theater company located at Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois. Its more than six hundred annual performances performed 48 weeks of the year include its critically acclaimed Shakespeare series
a collection of playbills that offer a quick panorama of Shakespeare productions during that period in Chicago; a then-and-now look at the sites of Chicago's historic, now-demolished theaters; and; an interactive walking-tour map of the nineteenth-century downtown Chicago theater district.
This timeline offers examples of landmark "highbrow" productions of Shakespeare that were produced in nineteenth-century Chicago, from humble beginnings at the Sauganash Hotel to perhaps the ultimate highbrow incident in Chicago theater history: a patron is so incensed by Edwin Booth's adaptation of Shakespeare's text of Richard II that he ...
Agnes of Hesse (1527–1555)Electress of Saxony. Born on May 31, 1527; died on November 4, 1555; daughter of Christine of Saxony (1505–1549) and Philip I the Magnanimous, landgrave of Hesse; married Maurice, elector of Saxony, on January 9, 1541; married John Frederick II, elector of Saxony, on May 26, 1555; children: (first marriage) Anna of Sa Source for information on Agnes of Hesse (1527 ...
1980 s & 1990 s. Since 1986, Chicago Shakespeare has been producing world-class theater. Journey back through the 1980s, 1990s, & 2000s to see our production history.
Jesse Boyle is thrilled to be making their Redtwist and Chicago theatre debut as a Dramaturg on Agnes of God! They are a recent graduate from Columbia College Chicago with a BA in Theatre Studies. At Columbia Jesse worked as a Dramaturg on Bat Boy the Musical directed by Stephanie Shaw. They also stage managed the annual 24-hour Play Festival ...
